HSE “Dustbuster” campaign to target construction firms
HSE are carrying out a nationwide crackdown on dust and lung disease in the work place and at the same time making sure construction companies are COVID Secure. Health and safety…
Read MoreHSE are carrying out a nationwide crackdown on dust and lung disease in the work place and at the same time making sure construction companies are COVID Secure. Health and safety…
Read MoreA maintenance contracting company has been fined £200,000 after a worker was crushed by a ride on roller and sustained serious injuries. Facilities management company, Totally Local Company Ltd, has…
Read MoreA water and wastewater company has been fined following an incident in which three workers were carried along a sewer following the collapse of a 150-year-old sewer gate. Westminster Magistrates’…
Read MoreA construction company has been fined for failing to comply with work at height regulations, placing employees at greater risk of injury. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that during an inspection…
Read MoreA construction company has today been fined after failing to ensure the safety and welfare of workers on site during the renovation of a property. Preston Magistrates’ Court heard how,…
Read MoreUnite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has today launched an online register to allow workers who have been exposed to silica dust to register their exposure, to assist with…
Read MoreA company providing specialised services in rock drilling, cliff stabilisation and rock anchors, and its director, have been sentenced after a number of workers were diagnosed with hand arm vibration…
Read MoreA Stockport construction company has been prosecuted after failing to ensure suitable welfare facilities were provided for workers on site. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that R & S Builders (Mcr)…
Read MoreConstruction company Construction 360 Ltd was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker collapsed and lost consciousness while working at the site of King Asia Foods Ltd, Middle Bank, Sheffield….
Read MoreA stone masonry company has been sentenced after failing to adequately control employees’ exposure to respirable silica dust, resulting in an employee developing silicosis. Burnley Magistrates’ Court heard how prior…
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